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A STUDY ON A STUDY ON RICE CREDIT LINE PROGRAMME RICE CREDIT LINE PROGRAMME

GUNTUR DISTRICT - A.P.GUNTUR DISTRICT - A.P.

INTERIM FINDINGS

BY

MAHILA ABHIVVRUDHI SOCIETY, ANDHRA PRADESH (APMAS)

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OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDYOBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY

• To examine the performance of RCL programme

• To understand the dynamics of RCL at household, SHG and Community level

• To identify the gaps, problems and expectations of the beneficiaries on RCL programme


SAMPLING UNITS DATA TECHNIQUES

District

Rev. Div.

Mandal VO HH KIHHI

IKI FGD

Guntur

Guntur

Gurajala1 12 5 12 5 1

2 12 5 12 5 1

Achampet1 12 5 12 5 1

2 12 5 12 5 1

Thulluru1 12 5 12 5 1

2 12 5 12 5 1

NSraopet

Bollapalli

1 12 5 12 5 1

2 12 5 12 5 1

Edlapadu

1 12 5 12 5 1

2 12 5 12 5 1

Nuzendla

1 12 5 12 5 1

2 12 5 12 5 1

1 2 6 12144

60144

60 12

SAMPLING DESIGN & DATA COLLECTION


OBJECTIVES OF RCL PROGRAMMEOBJECTIVES OF RCL PROGRAMME

• To assist the poor households in minimizing the nutrition gap

• To ensure continuous stream of food availability to the poorest of the poor

• To minimize the fluctuations in food availability to the poor

• To reduce the transfer of income from the poor to middle men

• To ensure good quality, fair quantity and reasonable price.


RCL COVRAGE IN THE DISTRICT RCL COVRAGE IN THE DISTRICT • 24 Mandals in 3 Revenue Division in the district

• No. of VOs/villages covered under RCL- 412

• No. of VOs/villages uncovered under RCL-109

• Target poor in the district – 1,27,238

• Target poor covered in the district- 57,437

• Amount Released- Rs.1.41 CroresSocial Category wise Percentage of Poor covered

under RCL

10

36

27

4

24

0102030405060708090

100OC

Mi

BC

SC

ST


RCL STATUS OF VOsRCL STATUS OF VOs

• 88% of the SHGs joined in VO

• 77% of SHGs in the VO covered under RCL

• 55% of the members covered under RCL

• Majority of the VOs implemented 1(5/12) round

• Only 1/3 of the VOs repaid instalment to the project

• Rs. 48,360 – Avg. amount of loan to VO

• Rs. 3,180 – Avg. amount repaid to project by VO

• 113 Quintals- Avg. Cum. Quantity of rice procured

• Nearly 50% of the VOs have Over Dues ranging from Rs. 1,800 to Rs. 22,000

• Average amount of loan to SHG-Rs. 2,600;

• Avg. amount of loan to the Member Rs. 240 (Group Size-11)


PROFILE OF THE SAMPLEPROFILE OF THE SAMPLE

• Nearly half of the members are SCs (49%) followed by OCs (22%) and BCs (13%)

• Average size of the family is 4 and working members are 2

• Primary Occupations- Agriculture labour 62%; Agriculture 23% of the households

• 90% of the households possess PDS cards in which 81% - White Card Holders

• 14 Kgs- Average entitlement of rice per month per HH

• About 1/3rd and 1/10th of the people have dry and wet land respectively ranging from 0.25 to 5 acres.


DEMAND AND SUPPLYDEMAND AND SUPPLY

• Average household requirement- 53 Kgs. per month

• An average of 35 Kgs. of rice requested by each household

• An average of 27 Kgs. of rice supplied per round per member

Reasons for low indent and supply

• low repaying capacity, norms of the VO, high price and quality of rice, large size of the family

• Insufficient funds, more no. of groups, high price and quality of rice


RICE PROCUREMENT FROM VARIOUS RICE PROCUREMENT FROM VARIOUS SOURCESSOURCES

Means of Rice Procurement Before RCL

21%2%

56%

10%

11%

PDS Wage in Grains Traders Additional PDS Other

Means of RiceProcurement After RCL

22%3%

45%

8% 10%

12%

PDS Wage in Grains Traders Additional PDS Other RCL


VARIATIONS IN RICE PURCHASE BY HHVARIATIONS IN RICE PURCHASE BY HH

• Monthly purchases from PDS is increased except in Feb.

• Wage in the form of grains in the month of Feb. was high

• Purchase of rice from other sources decreased during RCL

• Decrease in purchase from traders, additional PDS and other sources where as increase in purchases from PDS due to RCL

Month-wise Additional Purchases from PDS Before and After RCL

0

2

4

6

8

10

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

Month

Avg

. no.

of

kgs

of r

ice

Before After

Month-wise Purchases of Rice From Traders Before and After RCL

05

10152025303540

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

Month

Avg

. no.

of

kgs

of r

ice

Before

After


No. OF TIMES RICE BORROWEDNo. OF TIMES RICE BORROWED

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%

100%

1 2 3 5 6

No. of Rounds

No. of Rounds and No. of Times Rice Taken

6

5

4

3

2

1

0


CREDIT, REPAYMENT AND OVERDUECREDIT, REPAYMENT AND OVERDUE

• Avg. cum. quantity of rice borrowed- 90 Kgs.• Avg. amount of member share - Rs. 34 (9%)• Avg. amount of loan on rice - Rs. 387• Avg. amount repaid - Rs. 281(73%)*• Avg. amount of outstanding - Rs. 106 (27%)• Avg. amount of overdue -Rs.19 (5%)• 7% of the members have overdue

– *Majority are paying fortnightly (30%) followed by monthly (26%)


PERCEPTION ON RCLPERCEPTION ON RCL

• Adequate- small family, availability of PDS rice, repaying capacity• In adequate- Large family, equal distribution, irregular supply• Timely -Purchases from local millers• Untimely – Irregular supply because of delayed repayment• Poor-mixed varieties, more broken rice, double polished PDS rice• Moderate-Market price and RCL price is almost equal• Good- Effective monitoring• Moderate- Similar quality for same price• More cost-Market price is less, VO profit

47

%

38

%

33

%

52

%

8% 2

2%

54

%

26

%2

5% 35

%

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%

Adequate

Inadequate

Tim

ely

Untim

ely

Poor

Modera

te

Good

Less

Modera

te

More

AdequacyTimeliness Quality Cost

Opinion on RCL


PREFERENCEPREFERENCE

• All members preferred rice only

• Reasons:

– Habituated to rice and locally available

• Majority (62%) of the members’,1st preference to BPT variety

• 2nd preference to 5293 variety by 29% of members

• Nearly 10% of the members preferred broken rice

• Other preferred varieties - PDS Rice (3%), Sona Masoori (8%), local and cheaper varieties

• Reasons:

– Less price, common variety, good quality, strength & tasty, low cost, large family, expensive etc.


RECOVERY PRACTICESRECOVERY PRACTICES

• AT THE TIME OF DISTRIBUTION OF RICE– Regular meeting– Recovery & Monitoring Committees– Reminders to members– Collection of loan instalments assigned to Activists– Equal distribution and equal responsibility– Sharing of responsibilities

• AFTER DISTRIBUTION OF RICE– Purchases postponed until total recovery– Visits to default SHGs– No rice allocation to default members– Exclusion of members with non-repaying capacity– Adjustment of amount by VO


MEMBERSHIP AND DROP-OUTSMEMBERSHIP AND DROP-OUTS

• 85% (1198) of SHG members covered under RCL

• 13%(153) of the members dropped from RCL

• Less than 1% newly joined in the programme

• Withdrawal pattern- temporary, permanent, voluntary and forced

• Reasons for not joining in RCL– No repaying capacity (24%), High price and quality of rice (7%), Own

produce (6%), More expensive (5%), Other sources for lesser price (8%), Long relationships with the traders (4%), Market price is less (4%), Migration (3%) Residing in other habitation, over dues to bank, High amount of deposits, ineligible for RCL etc.

• Reasons for drop-out– Lesser price in the market (6%), Purchases from PDS (10%), Wage in

grains (12%), Help from relatives and friends, usage of PDS of others (2%), leaders misused the rice (4%), migration (4%), untimely, default (2%), High quality of rice etc.


DYNAMICS AT HOUSEHOLD LEVELDYNAMICS AT HOUSEHOLD LEVEL

68

4 3 4 27

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

Collection of PDS RiceDraw ing regularquotaDraw ing additionalquotaDraw ing less thanregular quotaStopped draw ing ofadditional quotaPDS given to others

other

105

8

38

610

5 4

0

10

20

30

40

Effect on Traders Prices reduced

Prices increased

Grain on loan basis

Grain only on cash

Relations discontinued

Relations w eakened

Maintaining cheapervarietiesMillers approached VOfor business

65

49

2619

11

010203040506070

Food Consumption Pattern

Three meal a day

More quality food

More quantity offoodFood to all the familymembersFood during slackperiod

44

28

94 3

12

0

10

20

30

40

50

Expenditure PatternExpendituredecreased on rice

Expenditure increasedon rice

Diverted to otherneeds

Hand loans to repayinstalments

More expenditure onother items of food

Expenditure on healthdecreased


INFLUENCE ON WOMENINFLUENCE ON WOMEN

65

28 2922

179

513 13

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

Influence on WomenNo tension about riceprocurementLess dependency on husband

More focus on daily w ork/w agew orkNo pressure from householdmembersDependency on neighboursreducedRepayment responsibility onhouseholdNo abuse/ ill treatment

Food equity to mother

Self esteem increased


INFLUENCE ON SHGsINFLUENCE ON SHGs• POSITIVE

– Membership in VO (78%)– Frequency of meetings increased(50.7%)– Improvement of attendance in meetings(53.5%)– Sharing of responsibilities increased(42.4%)– Access to information incerased(57.6%)– Books of accounts improved (46.5%)– Recovery of old arrears (25%)– Conflict resolution and revival of groups (34%)

• NEGATIVE– Decrease in monthly thrift (5%) and diversion of monthly

savings (2%) to RCL – Defaulting and absence to meetings in few groups– Confined to RCL activities (26%)– Bank instalments stopped to repay RCL (4%)– VO solidarity decreased


OPINION OF OTHER ACTORS…OPINION OF OTHER ACTORS…

PDS-DEALERS

• Supply of poor quality rice

• No taste, no strength

• All are drawing -higher social categories uses for different purposes

• People are afraid of cancellation of PDS Card if not drawn

• Sales beyond time limit

• Demand for additional quota during slack seasons

• Large families mainly come for additional quota

• Less demand for additional quota due to RCL

TRADERS

• Sales down by nearly 30% to 40% due to RCL

• More demand for broken rice

• Purchase of other items increasedon loan basis

• Only 2/3 varieties of rice

• No credit for rice. Earlier 50% on loan basis

• Sale on instalment basis and more payback period

• Trader-buyer relationships weakened

• Business slowly improving because of default and variety of rice


OPINION OF OTHER ACTORSOPINION OF OTHER ACTORSMILLERS

• Can provide good quality than traders

• Comparatively prices are more than the traders

• Competition among the Millers • Can provide at lower price• Can’t ensure quality at all times• VOs prefer traders than millers• Traders cheat the VO• Can’t supply broken rice • Milling of paddy by the VO not

advisable• MoU between VO-Miller not

possible

FARMERS

• Providing on loan basis

• APL categories can get quality rice at cheaper price

• Variety not as per the need of the poor

• Members giving RCL rice to non-members

• Bulk purchases– Food security, hand loans

• Not supplying the local variety

• Patron-client relations weakened

• Real poor not covered under RCL


BEST PRACTICESBEST PRACTICES• Planning at SHG level

• Effective functioning of purchase and recovery committees

• Sample collections from different sources

• Comparison between samples and price and obtain consent from all the members

• Distribution only to non-defaulters

• Monitoring and recovery by committees


PROBLEMS AND EXPECTATIONSPROBLEMS AND EXPECTATIONS

ISSUES PROBLEM EXPECTATION

PRICE • High price• No difference between

Open Market and RCL• More than market price

• Rice at low price• Less than market price

by 50 paisa at least

QUALITY • Poor quality of rice• High priced variety• Single variety• Cheaper variety-high price

• Good quality at reasonable price

• Low priced variety

DEPOSIT • Non-affordability• Non-borrowers not paying

• No deposits• More deposit amount


PROBLEMS AND EXPECTATIONS….PROBLEMS AND EXPECTATIONS….

ISSUES PROBLEM EXPECTATION

PROCURE-MENT

• Millers unable to supply large quantity in short notice• Traders showing quality rice - supplying poor or mixed variety• Faulty weighing• Double polished rice• Some millers –not giving bills• Non availability of rice locally

DISTRI-BUTION

• No indent collection• Equal distribution • Irregular supply• Less supply than request• Untimely/ matched with PDS• Faulty weighing • Supply to non-SHG members

• Compulsory monthly indent • Equal distribution• Regularity • Demand based supply


PROBLEMS AND EXPECTATIONS…PROBLEMS AND EXPECTATIONS…

ISSUE PROBLEM EXPECTATION

BOOK-KEEPING

•Records not maintained•No awareness on RCL•Not up to date

•Supply of proper books•Training in book-keeping•Appointment of book-keepers

FUNDS •Misuse of funds•Lack of transparency•Less funds

•Transparency•Increased funds to VO/SHG

MS •Less supply of rice and amount

•Regular and timely payment from MS/Velugu

MONI-TORING

•Absence at all levels •Quality check at the time of supply


PROBLEMS AND EXPECTATIONS…PROBLEMS AND EXPECTATIONS…

ISSUE PROBLEM EXPECTATION

REPAYMENT • No time limit/dead line• Instant repayment• Low repaying capacity• Delayed repayment• No repayment

• More payback period and no. of instalments• Fixation of date for repayment

PARTICI-PATION

• Less no. of meetings and discussions• No information• CC non-cooperative• Decisions made by individuals

• Regular meetings• In-depth discussions• Group decision• More assistance from CC


SUGGESTIONS SUGGESTIONS

• Less price grains

• Indent collection for every purchase

• Broken rice

• Two varieties of rice

• More responsibilities to VO than RCL Committees

• Regular meetings

• Training in book-keeping to VO on RCL accounting

• Monthly purchases

• Supply based on demand

• Maintenance of buffer stock

• More no. of instalments

• Zero tolerance of default

• Pressure on Millers for quality rice

• Avoid purchases from traders

• Bulk purchases


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